Energy and Water
Africa faces a huge energy and water gap that has contributed to slow economic development and poverty. On the other hand Africa has a huge potential for all forms of energy, hydro-power, solar, wind and fossil fuel energy. Congo-DRC has 13 percent of the world's hydroelectric potential which is considered to be clean renewable energy.
The Inga dams are located in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, 150 km upstream of the mouth of the Congo River, and 225 km (140 miles) southwest of the capital city of Kinshasa on the Congo River. The Congo River is the world’s second largest in terms of flow (42,000m3/s), after the Amazon, and the second longest river in Africa (4,700km), after the Nile River. It empties into the equatorial Atlantic Ocean creating what is famously known as the Congo Plume. The plume is a high-productivity area arising from the rich nutrient flow from the river and is detected as far as 800km offshore
Inga Falls is currently the site of two large hydro power plants and is being considered for a much larger hydro power generating station known as Grand Inga. The Grand Inga project, if completed, would be the largest hydro-electric power generating facility on Earth. The current project scope calls for the use of a flow rate ~26,400 cubic meters per second at a net head of ~150 meters; this is equivalent to a generating capacity of ~38.9 GW.
The Inga dams hydro-electric generators could produce up to 40,000 MW of electricity. This would be more than double the current world record holder, which is the Three Gorges Dams facility on the Yangtze River in China, and more than a third of the total electricity currently produced in Africa. The Inga is a series of dams that are proposed for the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Grand Inga is a "run-of-the-river" hydroelectric project in which only a relatively small reservoir would be created to back up the power of the river's flow. This would be so that the net head for the hydroelectric turbines could approach 150 meters.
The Inga hydropower scheme will provide cheaper and readily available energy and allow Africa’s industrial and manufacturing industry to take off. In addition, the project is good for promoting peace in the region and for the environment.
The Inga dams are located in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, 150 km upstream of the mouth of the Congo River, and 225 km (140 miles) southwest of the capital city of Kinshasa on the Congo River. The Congo River is the world’s second largest in terms of flow (42,000m3/s), after the Amazon, and the second longest river in Africa (4,700km), after the Nile River. It empties into the equatorial Atlantic Ocean creating what is famously known as the Congo Plume. The plume is a high-productivity area arising from the rich nutrient flow from the river and is detected as far as 800km offshore
Inga Falls is currently the site of two large hydro power plants and is being considered for a much larger hydro power generating station known as Grand Inga. The Grand Inga project, if completed, would be the largest hydro-electric power generating facility on Earth. The current project scope calls for the use of a flow rate ~26,400 cubic meters per second at a net head of ~150 meters; this is equivalent to a generating capacity of ~38.9 GW.
The Inga dams hydro-electric generators could produce up to 40,000 MW of electricity. This would be more than double the current world record holder, which is the Three Gorges Dams facility on the Yangtze River in China, and more than a third of the total electricity currently produced in Africa. The Inga is a series of dams that are proposed for the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Grand Inga is a "run-of-the-river" hydroelectric project in which only a relatively small reservoir would be created to back up the power of the river's flow. This would be so that the net head for the hydroelectric turbines could approach 150 meters.
The Inga hydropower scheme will provide cheaper and readily available energy and allow Africa’s industrial and manufacturing industry to take off. In addition, the project is good for promoting peace in the region and for the environment.
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